Show MUSSEL MUD AS fertilizer ur urbanie fanic remains of shellfish Shell secure Ferl fertility lity to poorest and mot most exhausted soil consul frank Deed Dc edmeier meer writes from charlottetown Charlotte Charlot teton town P E 1 I canada in most ot of the bays indenting the thorel of prince edward eduard island are found extensive exter alve deposits of mussel mud so called locally being organic of countless generations of mussel mussels clams and other bl valves of the ocon cean and of crustic erous animals generally the shells usually more or less intact are found imbedded lu in dense deposits of in liko like substance and this combination is a fertilizer of high value valle and potency it supplies liea small quantities of phosphates and al kalee kalies an ordinary dressing of it secures fe tillay in a striking manner to the or most exhausted eoll roll the shells decay slowly year by yew year th throwing rosing off a flim film of fertilizing stuffs the deposits around prince edward island vari vary from five to twenty he leet beet in depth they are taken up by dredging ma chines worked from rafts in summer fr r tron the ice in winter |